Module 1: The Runaway Bunny

               
Bibliography
Brown, M. W. (1942). The runaway bunny.
NY: Harper & Row.
Summary
In this 1940's tale, Margaret Wise Brown uses a mother and her baby bunny to symbolize a mother's love for her children.  Baby bunny tells his mother that he will run away and become a fish, a rock on a mountain, a crocus, a bird, a sailboat, a trapeze artist, and a little boy in order to leave her. But mother bunny has an answer for each of his escape ideas.  Clement Hurd's use of black and white, as well as colorful illustrations help the author tell the story of how a mother will always search and find her child.
My Impression
The Runaway Bunny  is a great book to include in a young child's library.  Whether read in your home or in a classroom setting, children can relate to the love a mother feels for her child.  Children will enjoy the illustrations, especially those in color because those are the pictures that reinforce the underlying theme of Brown's book.

Reviews
Kirkus Reviews

"This is one of the nicest things Margaret Wise Brown has done, and Clement Hurd has made enchanting pictures, with line drawings and eight double spreads in four colors, beautifully reproduced. The text pattern is a successful dialogue with almost nursery rhyme repetition and rhythm (those in prose)."
Use in Library
This book can be read to young children at story time to introduce Mother's Day holiday.  Children can make cards for their mother. 

Review. (2011, October 19). [Review of the book The runaway bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown]. Kirkus Reviews. Available from: http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/margaret-wise-brown/the-runaway-bunny/#review
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